Vitale, Carlos
Carlos Vitale was born in Buenos Aires (Argentina) in 1953. He graduated in Spanish and Italian philology. Among other books, he has published Unidad de lugar (Candaya Publishing, Barcelona, 2004) and Descortesía del suicida (Candaya Publishing, Barcelona, 2008). In addition, he has translated many books by Italian and Catalan poets: Dino Campana (Ultimo Novecento Translation Award, 1986), Eugenio Montale (Ángel Crespo Translation Award, 2006), Giuseppe Ungaretti, Gerardo Vacana, Sergio Corazzini (Translation Award by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 2003), Amerigo Iannacone, Umberto Saba (Val di Comino Translation Award, 2004), Giuseppe Napolitano, Sandro Penna, Emilio Paolo Taormina, Antoni Clapés, Joan Brossa, Josep-Ramon Bach, etc.
He has participated in poetry festivals, readings, and meetings in Argentina, Spain, Venezuela, Armenia, Italy, Switzerland, Rumania, Estonia, Greece and France. He lives in Barcelona since 1981.